Re: Staining in 96 well plates: TC treated or not?

From: Art Roberts (robertar@UMDNJ.EDU)
Date: Fri Dec 03 1999 - 16:56:58 EST


I routinely use polystyrene Vee-bottom wells for my staining because I
believe I lose fewer cells than with U-bottom wells.  I wonder if V-bottom
wells in polypropylene would be even better?  Any opinions on this?  Are
these plates available?

Art

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Larry Arnold wrote:

> 
> John
> 
> It's not a dumb question.
> We prefer round bottom polyPROPYLENE.  Better for the cells.
> 
> Larry Arnold
> 
> At 08:54 PM 12/1/99 -0500,  John D. Altman wrote:
> >
> >This is a dumb question.
> >
> >We stain cells in 96 well round bottom polystyrene plates. Does anyone know
> >if it matters whether we use TC treated plates compared to non-treated
> >plates?
> >
> 
> Larry W. Arnold, Ph.D.
> Res. Assoc. Prof.
> Director, Flow Cytometry Facility
> Department of Microbiology and Immunology
> CB# 7290
> University of North Carolina
> Chapel Hill, NC 27599
> Phone: 919-966-1530
> FAX: 919-962-8103
> 



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Arthur Roberts
Dept. of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

email:  robertar@umdnj.edu
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